HarperCollins, LibreDigital partner on digital publishing

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- News Corp.
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unit HarperCollins Publishers and LibreDigital, a NewsStand Inc. unit, Thursday evening said they are partnering to create, market and operate digital publishing services. HarperCollins, a New York-based publisher, has made a strategic investment in NewsStand, a privately held digital content company based in Austin, Texas. Brian Murray, group president of HarperCollins, will join NewsStand's board. Publishers will be able to select a combination of HarperCollins electronic typesetting and digital workflow tools with LibreDigital's digitization, digital warehousing, and Internet display and distribution technologies.

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